Beedi

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A beedi (from Hindi बीड़ी, (pronounced: [ˈbidi]) also known as bidi or biri) is a thin, often flavored, South Asian cigarette made of tobacco wrapped in a tendu (or temburini Diospyros melonoxylon) leaf, and secured with colored thread at one end.